Shears.



No. 829,805. PATENTED AUG. 21; 1906.

J. J. VAN BROEKHOVEN.

SHEARS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 7, 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 21, 1906.

Ap li ati fil d March '7, 1905. Serial No. 248,817.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAooBUs JOHANNES VAN BROEKHOVEN, a subject of theQueen of the Netherlands, residing at WVychen, Gelderland, Kingdom ofthe Netherlands, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inShears, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to shears for the cutting of low-growing herbage,such as purslane and the like.

Hitherto the custom has been to grasp the herbage with one hand and tocut it off with the other by means of an ordinary knife, a pruningknife, or the like. This method takes considerable time and labor, andit is quite inevitable that the herbage will get mixed with mold andother objectionable substances, which must be removed afterward withgreat difficulties, and much loss of time being thus entailed.

This invention has for its object to provide shears by means of whichbetter work can be done in much shorter time than has been pos siblehitherto, the herbage being prevented from falling down. To this end theblades of the shears are extended at the outside in a vertical directionin such a way that upwardlyextendingflanges or rims are formed. Theflange on the left-hand side is lower than that on the right-hand side.In all other respects the shears are of ordinary construction.

The lefthand flange is intended to divide the herbage, so as tofacilitate the'pushing forward of the shears, and the right-hand flangesupports the herbage during the cutting operation and maintains it onthe blade. After three or more cuts have been made the contents of theblade are thrown into a basket placed at the operators left-hand side,the left-hand flange being made lowto facilitate this.

The accompanying drawings show one form of shears constructed accordingto this invention.

Figure 1 is a plan view showing the shears in their closed position, theopen position being indicated in broken lines. Fig. 2 is a side View.Fig. 3 is a section on line 1 1 of Fig. 1.

The shears have two blades (1 and b and handles 0. Theleft-hand blade ahas a low upright flange d, the right-hand blade I) a higher one, 6.These flanges are made in one piece with the blades, as shown in thedrawings. The shears are kept as light as possible, and the steel usedshould be of superior quality. The shears according to this inventionare operated by both hands and pushed slowly forward. The herbage is cutoff and gathered on the right-hand blade I).

The great advantages of shears constructed according to this inventionare in considerable saving of time effected in their operation and inthe fact that the herbage is not touched by the hand, while it is alsoprevented from falling upon the ground and mixing with mold and otherobjectionable substances.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In shears for low-growing herbage the combination of twoshears-blades pivoted to each other, said blades when closed forming asubstantially oval figure, operating-handles on said blades and narrowflanges extending upwardly from the extreme outer edges of the blades.

2. In shears for low-growing herbage the combination of twoshears-blades pivoted to each other, handles for operating the blades, aflange extending upward from the outer edge of one blade and a flangeextending upward from the outer edge of the second blade,

to a less height than the flange of the first blade.

3. In shears for low-growing herbage the combination of right and lefthand flat shears-blades pivoted to each other, operating-handles on theblades, a flange formed in one piece with and extending upward from theouter edge of the right-hand blade and a flange formed in one piece withand extending upward from the outer edge of the lefthand blade to a lessheight than the flange of the right hand blade.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JACOBUS JOHANNES VAN BROEKHOVEN. ltnessesz ANDRIES A. HoEN,

JoHANNEs D. Fi'IHMIe.

